Sometimes my attempts at being funny just don't work

Consider this Facebook exchange between a guy I used to work with, and me:

(Name deleted by me)
dreading having to paint the nursery tomorrow...I don't even know her name yet!

Anthony Moretti at 9:00pm June 29
Just call her "mine." Everything else will take care of itself :-)

Anthony Moretti at 9:01pm June 29
And I mean you as "mine." Not mine as mine...I realized after I sent that message that I meant to be funny and really, really failed. Gadzooks, what a mess.

Anthony Moretti at 9:03pm June 29
Wait, not you as mine...uh, it's a good thing we worked together at ONN so you know what a GREAT sense of humor I have. I think.

(Again, name deleted) at 9:03pm June 29
that made it even funnier! Well done

Anthony Moretti at 9:04pm June 29
Just call her yours. I'm going to stop acting stupid now.

(Name deleted) at 9:09pm June 29
I will do that...I'll call her yours, yours as in mine, not yours as in yours, but mine...not yours, she's all mine!

Anthony Moretti at 9:12pm June 29
Right.

See what I mean? Sometimes my humor allows me to shove both feet squarely, firmly and fully into my mouth!